Sarawak’s government has set a good example for responsible conservation efforts. So says Britain’s Princess Anne, who spent two days on an official visit in the Malaysian state renowned worldwide for its stunning biodiversity. Those efforts, Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter added, could serve as a model for similar initiatives aimed at…
A proposed hydroelectric dam on the Baram River in the state of Sarawak has been on and off so local environmental activists might rightfully be concerned about its current status. Last July the state’s Chief Minister Adenan Satem announced that the project had been put on hold, pending consultation with…
SAVE Rivers, a community organization aimed at protecting the people and mega-diverse ecologies surrounding rivers in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, has just been recognized for its social and environmental efforts. Awarded the nationwide accolade for civil society organizations, SAVE Rivers will take home RM 5,000 (US $1,152), and a…
After two years of continuous protest, the tribespeople of the Baram River can finally take a breath – a dam project that would have destroyed all their homes has been put on hold. If completed, the Baram Dam would have annihilated everything upstream, flooding 400 square kilometers of rainforest, destroying…
Mass flooding, environmental devastation and the displacement of countless indigenous people have characterized a hydroelectric dam campaign ramming its way through public opposition in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Construction of the Baram dam (the most recent of 12 proposed dams) has begun, but locals – having seen thousands of…